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The vote for 1882 and 1884 contains an I'M
ascertainable proportion Of votes subse-
quently recovered to the Republicans-votes
Of Republicans who were not willing to go
straight over to the Democrats. But even
with due allowance for these the Prohibi-
tlon gains have been continuous since $780,
Their gain this year is less than usual. but it
is almost twelve and one-half per cent. With
the decay and disintegration Of the Labor
party. the Prohibitionists again became mas
tiers Of the fate of the Republican party in
New York; and they have never been more
Disguised with il than they are to-day.
The shuffling thickness Of the Republic
cans in the last Legislature has caused and
will continue to cause double loss to the
Republican party. On the one hand, the
Prohibitionists have been making converts
from the Republicans. On the other hand,
the powerful Republican German element
has been disguised by the Republican hypo-
critical show Of concession to the demands
Of the extreme temperance element. The
Republican Mr.. Facing Both-W Ways is get
ting soundly cuffed on both sides.
We submit these facts and figures to the
attention Of our esteemed but perplexed Re-
publican friends. They have tried the crook
ed temperance plank made from the trunk
OF that fine old political chestnut tree, the
Hon. WILLIAM MAXWELL EvARTs. II they
dare to try a straight one will they be any
better off No! Besides, they don't dare.
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deaths, or nearly two-fifths, were OF children
under five years, and something over 81 per
cent, or more than a hfth, from Symotic or
proventable diseases. Nearly one-seventh
more from consumption, and, IL we add to
these the mortality from acute respira-
tory Diseases like pneumonia, more than
one-quarter are accounted for. The deaths
from diarrhceal diseases, nearly six-sevenths
Of which occurred in the warm season, we're
little over one-eleventh OF the whole.
or tho reported deaths, 5,459 were from old
age, or one-ninth OF the mortality with the
exception Of that of children under five
years. But we look In vain for any statistics
giving the average age Of those who died at
an age above five years. It would BIO valua-
BILE, too, to know the comparative death rate
from the different causes in the different
parts Of the State; but the compiler has not
taken the trouble to give us that informa-
ton. as. with some work, he might have
done by consolidating the monthly bulle-
tins of returns published In the report.
He tells us generally. however, that there
Is much uniformity In the death rate for
consumption, with the exception Of the
Southern Ticr District, whose limits are not
defined, but which includes the towns OF
Binghamton, Elmira, and jamestown, and
where the rate per 1000 Of the total mortal
ity was only 1O2.70. as against rate OF 1870
for the whole State. The Lake Ontario and
Western District Is also below the general
average In this respect.
OF infectious diseases, diphtheria was by
far the most fatal, and as 1t, more than
any other disease, is a measure OF domicil-
larry unhealthfulness, 1t Is in the direction Of
remedying its causes that much remains to
be DONE" Diphtheria was especially preva-
lent during the ycar, the mortality rate from
it having been 62.96 in the 1000 deaths, as
against $500 in 1885, and 47.65 in 1884.
Whooplng cough prevailed with rather
unusual severity. particularly during the
early part OF last year, and was tho
cause of about 1900 reported deaths.
Scarlet fever was less frequent than
in 1884 and 1885, the mortality from 1t being
only 942, and the same was the case with
measles, with 462 deaths. The death rate
from typhoid fever was about the same as
the year before, the mortality having been
only little over one thousand. Smallpox
caused only three deaths in the State out
side OF New York and Brooklyn, and the
total number was only 81. The deaths from
cancer approached two thousand; from ac-
cidents and violence over three thousand.
The report gives also special reports on
various subjects connected with sanitary
matter in particular places, Of varying value,
but, as whole, it does not reflect credit on
its compilers.
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votes for President OF the United States.
Thus, although the 4th Of March had boon
appointed as the time and New York the
place for setting the machinery Of the Gov
eminent in motion, 1t was not fully done
until moro than month afterward.
The day when for the first time the new
Government, on its executive as well as It's
legislative side, began to work was the 30th
OF April, 1889. Then WARRINGTON took the
oath OF Office as President, administered to
him by Chancellor LIVINGSTON in the open
gallery In front Of the Senate Chamber, In
what was then Federal Hail. In New York.
That ceremony, which took place in the
presence Of o great throng of people. and
was followed by the delivery Of WASHING
TONS inaugural address, accomplished the
installation Of the Government under which
we live to-day Then for the first time could
laws be made and executed under 1t. No
doubt can remain that this is the event
whose hundredth anniversary should be
fifty celebrated by the people.
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The Kelly Motor of Politics.

Mr.. HENRY GEORGE now falls back upon
his main expedient for the abolition of pow
erty This consists Of printing and selling
for five cents copy a newspaper that is not
worth one cent
II have always declared" says Mr..
GEORGE in his newspaper, that cared lit
tie for how men voted, and much for how
they thought" The speeches that have been
made" he adds. "the literature that has been
disseminated, the discussion that has been
provoked during this campaign, could only
slightly, as we we'll knew at the time, affect
the vote at this election; but the effect OF 1t
all will steadily and increasingly tell Let
us push on the good work"
The serenity with which Mr.. GEORGE
resumes the good work OF selling for five
cents newspaper that is not worth one
cent proves that he speaks the truth. He
has cared little for how men voted and much
for how they bought.
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A Grave Problem.

The SUN has been making an exhaustive
inquiry into tho condition OF some 10000 To-
male workers in Now York, and this is the mel
sewing women Of this city do skilled labor for
fifteen hours day for SO little pax that they
m@sf aGfSpt chary OF s .b we hear 50
Europe, and are treated to so many compar-
ative tables showing the great superiority
will probably come with the force of revela-
tion to tho majority OF readers. But any ono at
all familiar with those who obtain aid from
Of this city will recognize It's truth Nor does
the danger to society end with the pauperiza-
tion Of so large body Of working women. The
tenement houses in which they are herded are
nests Of contagion. and no proper precautions
are taken to prevent the work which they do
lence. The problem Is a grave oneperhaps
tho grayest that the foremost manufacturing
city of the Union has to face-and 1t Is q SER
vice Of no small value to have its character thus
clearly and truthfully set forth
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IN HONEST EXTRA.
Tho Story Of How the Evening sun" Got
the News from Chicago.

Tho story Of How the " Evening Sum" Get
tho News from Chicago.
A special wire, throbbing with the story
Of tho hanging OF the Anarchists. is q SUM-
GENTLY interesting feature Of journalistic en-
terprise. Two cities a thousand miles apart.
made one by q community Of interest and
simultaneously sharing an equal knowledge Of
events, Is sufficiently noteworthy develop
ment OF the magic Of telegraphy and printing.
But on Friday these conditions were surpassed
in interest by the work OF the special wire, one
end OF which was In the Chicago jail and the
other in the Office OF The EVENING SUN. the
operator sending his message from within six
feet Of the coils Of the condemned mon before
the execution, and with his eyes upon tho gal
lows and its four victims when the fatal mo-
ment arrived. The jail, the prisoners, the gal
lows. the shock itself seemed almost to be
heard in The EVENING SUN office when the
81 snd Il 81 at he
sound would be the beginning OF the message
that the drop bad fallen. The suspense was as
stood looking Mt the gallows. awaiting the
:, The result Of all this was that THE EVENING
2 story q what was expected to happen. and
that the execution would be performed at 10
2eofk The story from the further end OF
lHE EVENING SUNS wire ID tnrllllnR.
when Anarchist Parsons arose from his cot
yesterday. he heard sound which instantly
riveted his attention. Hastily putting on his
clothing. he came to the door Of his cell and
peered into the cage ON tho other side OF the
corridor where the members Of the bar hold
consultations with their clients. There. in the
centre OF the cage, with the doors locked and
barred on either side. as much prisoners as any
q the condemned, sat the representatives OF
The EVENING Sun.
Parsons stood and stared with halt-mys-
titled. half-inquiring look upon his face. Know
ing much Of the newspaper business himself.
he probably know that it was the first time In
the journalistic history Of the world that the
electric current had been introduced right
into tho very corridor OF death itself for the
purpose Of chrcnicling the final movements OF
men who were about to expiate q crime with
their lives. With his finger on the key the OPERA
the little sentry box q few feet away. where the
unknown execptioner was awaiting the signal.
He heard the short crack upon the chisel that
severed the rope. He pressed his finger upon
the key. and even before the bodies had fallen
the full length Of their ropes it was known In
tens and hundreds of cities throughout the
country that the sentence Of the law had been
fulfilled. Never before had realism In the dis
tribution Of news been more graphically illus
trated. and never before had the echo Of the
hammer and chisel OF the executioner been
flashed over the wires to the outer world"
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Not Wsrth While.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir: Can not
prosecute this Pulitzer for obtaining money under
false pretencesi Yesterday bought copy Of the
Erenno World and read the account Of the hanging of
the Chicago Anarchists An hour later the Stock Ex-
change by the dispatches that they had not been
led to tho galows submit that this sale Of false
is fraud and swinde and that tho law ought pro-
tsct the public against such mpostora J.W.
Well. J. W.. the truth is that it is not worth
while. If you undertook to prosecute Judas
Pulitzer for all the false news he prints, you
would have considerable job on your hands.
and, however much the public might sympa-
thize with you and approve your course. you
would get tired. The best plan is to let the
man alone. He is working out his own perdi-
ton fast enough without any help from you.
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From the Indianapolis Ne,rs.
We are preparing to sell quinine by the
pound" remarked the man with mortar and
pestle.
Is there so much malaria ?"
No; the drug is becom ng so cheap that an
ounce Is hardly worth measuring out. You
can remember when 1t was worth IS an ounce.
Now II you take large quantities you can get 1t
Mt thirty cents an ounce"
Are the cinchona trees more prolihc2"
"Yes. because they are not destroyed now in
taking of the bark. Formerly the bark was
stripped clean and the trees were left naked to
the trees are swathed with moss new bark forms
on them. and instead OF living to- bear one crop
OF bark they might be preserved forever, and
yet yield their bark yearly. 1t amounts to null
ttplytng the, quinine- bearing trees BY millions.
Quinine will never be expensive again."
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The Baltimore newspapers disclose the
general disgust OF the people OF that city with
its Mayor, In consequence of his ill-mannered
and exceedingly foolish refusal to accept a
work OF art presented to tho city. simply be-
cause the presentation speech was to DO
made by gentleman who had opposed
him In the late election. However, his
refusal has only amounted to an exhibition Of
bad manners. and the city gets the work Of art
al the sams. Il = bronze statue Of Chief
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Tho Centenary of the Union.

The meeting Of citizens on Thursday even
ing, over which Mayor HEWITT presided,
should give fresh impulse to the movement
started by the New York Chamber Of Com
merce for the proper celebration Of the hun
dredth anniversary Of the Inauguration Of
GEORGE WARRINGTON as first President OF
the United States. This action Is not pIema-
ture. since whatever Congress may do In aid
Of the project should be done during the
coming session. A bill has already been
drawn for its consideration. declaring April
30, 1889. public holiday. Anational celebra-
ton might properly include the assembling
Of the Federal Government on that day in
tho Sub Treasury building In Wall street, for
tho main commemorative exercises, which
could. to greater or less extent, be dupli-
Gated In oil our great cities and towns.
Tho event thus to be celebrated stands in
Importance on the same plane with the dec.
laration Of the national independence, and
Its centenary should be observed with no
less impressiveness than that Of July 4, 1778.
Last September the hundredth anniversary
Of the drafting Of the Constitution was fifty
observed In Philadelphia. But even the COM
pletion Of that great instrument would have
been fruitless without its ratification by the
States, while these acts Of ratification, dis
tzibuted through many months, no two oc-
curing on the same day. give no opportu-
nifty for selecting one of them for general
commemoration. While the ninth State rat
ification made the Constitution binding on
nine States, 1t left this instrument to be put
into practical operation. The machinery was
there, but 1t was not set at work.
Succeeding the Publications of the Consti-
tuition came several dates OF historical in
terest and consequence. Such was the 18th
Of 6eptember. 1873, when the Congress OF the
Confederation made provision for the formal
assumption Of power by the Government
that was to succeed 1t. Such also were the
Hrst Wednesday in January, 1850, when
electors were chosen in the several States;
the first Wednesday In February. when they
voted for President; above all, the first
Wednesday In March. tho time fixed "for
commencing proceedings under the said
Constitution" This last-named of tho three
Wednesdays fell upon the 4th of March, 1889;
and accordingly, with some show of reason,
1t has been argued that March 4. 1885, ought
to be the day observed as the centenary of
the Union.
But there are objections to this choice. On
the 4th Of March, 1883, Senators and Repre-
sentat.ves In Congress from the eleven
States that had ratified the Constitution met
ut New York. then the seat of Government;
but = quorum was not present In either
House. The Representatives did not obtain
their quorum until April l. The Senate,
"hich had also been meeting and adjourn
Ing daily. found Its quorum 1--WE days later,
when. accordingly as its first business 1t |
ahose pEesidtpg ofiCer for the single pur-
pcss Of Opsa, tspd counting the electoral
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ing Ia definitely fixed, and IL will prove .
waste OF time TO attempt reconstruction on
new design.
There is still great deal to DO done; but
the work Is now chiefly In tho interior.
There will be plenty Of decorative work for
good artists beneath the shelter Of the over
hanging dome. Let them only be careful
that they work In conformity with tho pro-
pared plans and with material drawn from
domestic sources.
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And now comes ALEoK MCCLURE, in the
Philadelphia Times, with high moral lesson
on the plain speaking which The Sun found
necessary to express the truth In the recent
election fight.
The old humbug ought to come over to New
York and take a situation on the Ersnin0 Post.
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We learn that the Hon. JOHN DOUGLAS
ARMOUR, long member OF the Court OF
Queens Bench in Ontario, has been promoted
to be Chief Justice Of that court. We take a
special interest In this event from the fact that
Judge ARMOUR is related through marriage to
distinguished member Of the bar in this city,
Mrs. GRosvENoRP. LowREY being his daughter.
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If we may judge from the orders OF the
writing. the circulation of The SUNDAY SUN
will be greater to-day than on any other Sun
day in five or six years.
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Highly Instructive.

From the Missouri Republican.
In tho New York city elections Editor
Pulitzer's candidate was rejected by the Demo-
Gratis. but taken up and supported by the Re-
publicans and independents. The entire Mug
Mump contingent. HdIPe's Weekly. Puck. the
Erenin0 Post, and tho Times. Joined the Repub.
in advocating Nlcoll and Safeguarding Fell
lows The result is highly instructive.
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The accounts In to-morrow's SUN OF the
funeral ceremonies which take place in Chi
caeo to-day. promise to be Of great interest.
1t Ia not improbable that the day will DO
marked by unusual demonstrations. and We
have taken means to secure tho very fullest
and most accurate accounts OF It.
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Madam Ito servant)-what Is Miss Clara do
ting In her room, Aarief
ssrysnt-shs 70 reading love story by HowsllN mum
ssrvant-She wants more coal on the IRE, mum.
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PuLTTzER's World continues to assal with
foul abuse and lying innuendo the triumphant
candidate OF a united Democracy. Tho World
does not see that in vindiotivoly pursuing
Col. FELLOWS, after the people have decided for
him. IL Is running its head against atone wall.
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If the Republicans are really going to
leave aside all their old war horses. BLAINE.
SHERMAN. ALLISON. and HARRISON. Judge
GRESHAM is likely to be their man. Or will 1t
be everybody's friend. CHAuNoEY Nj
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Another "wsr,d" Lie.

FT0ln ne HaSNInIt0H CrIIIo
Mr.. Hornaday said to-day that the story
tslegraphed from Omaha to the New York
World about q bear stopping the Fish Com
mission train is entirely imaginary, as nothing
OF the kind happened
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Nc Cause for Worry.

Judge. B. with emphasisl-Clara, is that
George Fellow coming around here again to nIghtf
Clara thopelssslyl-l believe SO, papa.
Judge B.-WelL daughter, remember this This house
closes at 10 sharp. and
CLARA lhastily)oh, GEORGE will be here before that
papa; please dout worry.
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Tough on the Republicans.

For the benefit Of our distressed Republi-
can friends, and not for the encouragement
Of our Prohibitionist friends, who are suffl-
GENTLY encouraged and joyous already, we
print these simple but instructive figures,
showing the progress Of the Prohibition vote
In this State during the last ten years:
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the helpless natives and q menace to the
whites, but they have also armed with guns
the warriors Of independent chiefs who, with
the aid Of powder and ball, have become re-
sistless In the forays by means OF which
they enrich themselves and their Arab EN-
ployers with fresh supplies Of bondsmen.
DR.. WOLF discovered awhile ago. far up the
Sankuru River, that the soldiers Of the Inn
portant Chief ZAPpu ZAP had plenty OF
guns, and knew how to use them. The
whites had never heard Of this tribe before,
but there they were, $50 miles from the
nearest Arab station, In the heart OF tho
Congo State, well armed with percussion
guns, the importation Of which is expressly
prohibited by the Congo State authorities.
At Stanley Falls the whites occupy only
one large island in the Congo, while far up
and down both banks Of the river stretch the
well-built settlements Of the Arab settlers
The comparative inslgnifcance Of the i'm
provements and possessions OF the white
race at this point seems typical Of their In
feriority In power and influence throughout
the entire eastern portion OF the great terri
tory that Is nominally theirs It was bold
stroke when STANLEY undertook to gain
better foothold for the white enterprises by
buying the support and influence Of TrPPU
TB, the greatest of these robber chiefs.
The future alone can determine the result Of
this experiment; and what Roadway civiliza-
ton Gun make against the Arab domination,
which Is infilcting momentous evils upon
Central Africa, is practical and important
question that cannot yet be answered. The
first step in the right direction Is to wrest
the navigable Congo from the slave stealer,
and efforts to that end are about to be put
forth, with very fair prospects Of success.
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Gotham's White Slaves.

From the Boston Globe
It Is horrible state OF things that The
New YORK SUN is describing in its series OF
articles on "Gotham's White Slaves"
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After Election.

From the Boston Globe.
Come, let us reason together about next
years Boston base ball nine
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When the liver fails to set and yen bilious and
OF 1ortA use Dr. Jaynes sAnAtve Pills ts bring abous
healthy action Of the LIVER ana remove ali distressing
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Civi, Rlshts In the North.


Prom Me HHaioH RS1IsFlT
II was noticed nrd remarked by number OF
people to-day that IN the Fourth negroes walked
up 70 the polls ana caused white vote, then
took them where thsy could get their money
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Justice TANEE, executed In Rome by the late
WILLIAM II. RINEHART, and II is the best pub
lie statue Of ito class that has ever been set up
In m arica
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-20
Two Wealthy Chicago Gamblers.

Around the Palmer house rotunda
any evening may be seen tall smooth
shaven man, with twinkling eyes,
nose tiptilted as Tennyson's Maud,
and a generous paunch. He wears not
a single article of jewelry. His clothes
are costly as money can buy. This is
Charley Bush of New Orleans and
Chicago, called the richest gambler
in the south. To New Orleans he is
what Phil DAILY is to Long Branch.
His establishment is one of the minor
sights of the city. For three or four
years he has controlled the pool
privileges at Washington park and
cleared handsomely every season.
Bush is what is called q jolly good
fellow. He knows everybody. There
are scores of men who would hobnob
with Bush. He is said to be worth
$500, 900, invested in cattle-farms,
real-estate securities, and in solid cash.
In the reign of Carter Harrison he was
a partner of o. S. Hines in no-limit
game on Dearborn street.
Hines, about whom little is heard,
is altogether the wealthiest, gambler
in Chicago. He owns at least fifty
dwelling houses alone of the better
class. He is an old man, between 20
and 20, and has a wonderful physique.
Save on the very coolest days in
winter he never wears an overcoat.-
Chicago NeS0S.